The combined effects of the 5-HTTLPR and 5-HTR1A genes modulates the relationship between negative life events and major depressive disorder in a Chinese population

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 224-231

  Zhang, Kerang ^a   Xu, Qi ^b   Xu, Yong ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Luo, Jinxiu ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Sun, Ning ^a   Wang, Shan ^a   Shen, Yan ^b  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gene environment interaction; Major depressive disorder; Negative life events; Objective social supports; Polymorphism; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1B; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849095464     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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